[Gamecock]

For the last 18 months I lived within a 50 minute drive of NYC. As a native Southerner I was prepared for the absolute worst. I have found most NYers very nice people, except that guy who stole my bread.

[aruanan]

For the last 18 months I lived within a 50 minute drive of NYC. As a native Southerner I was prepared for the absolute worst. I have found most NYers very nice people, except that guy who stole my bread.

I had always heard stories about NYC, but over the 5 semesters I lived there doing community work I didn't have any bad experiences with anyone. There were, though, a lot of crazy people downtown near Times Square.

[Larry Lucido]

Ann Marie from the New York Visitors’ Bureau is indeed very nice.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtP98Ghnj3g

Rebecca DeMornay of the homeless shelter, not so much.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eipl17WpOo

(Seinfeld Ping. The $37.50 required to get on the list includes a pizza bagel and a bite-sized Three Musketeers.)

[SeekAndFind]

RE: As a native Southerner I was prepared for the absolute worst. I have found most NYers very nice people, except that guy who stole my bread.

I have lived in Long Island ( just one train ride away from NYC ) for over 20 years.

In 2003 there was a huge blackout in the Northeast corridor which included NYC and Long Island. I was working in Manhattan then.

I had to WALK all the way from Wall Street to Queensboroagh Bride ( 14 miles ) just to catch a bus back to Long Island.

There was NO looting and or any danger at all for me as I walked (from 4 to 7:30 PM ). People were more than kind enough to allow me the use of their cell phones ( as I forgot to bring mine that day ).

Police were EVERWHERE.

I never felt safer in my life.